While countries across Europe are looking like into lockdown again, here in the UK we have reached a milestone in reopening - pubs and shops and hairdressers and gyms are now open for customers. Except pubs (and restaurants and cafes) are only open for custom in outside spaces. And yoga studios can't open because that… Continue reading The big reopening (15.2021)
Yes, it's been a week of much excitement, a whole week off work! Not that I went very far as we are still in lockdown. But it has been fun to sit in another room and look at some different walls instead of my work screens and the walls of my 'office'. Actually I did… Continue reading Hi ho holiday week (12.21)
It's funny how things pop back into your head from time to time. Like the phrase that titles this post. It's been appropriate for pretty much the whole of the last 12 months, but it only came back into my mind this past week. It's the name of an album by Boom Crash Opera, a… Continue reading These here are crazy times (8.21)
We are crossing the midway point of the year - the longest day has been and gone. It's strange to think the days are getting shorter, especially when the evenings still feel so long, and the hot weather of the past week means the nights also feel long. This week's exercise: Walking Yes, we're back… Continue reading 26.20 – the middle of the year
I know we are still in lockdown but this week I had the feeling that I can see the end of the tunnel. Or at least an oncoming train. But I feel this week that maybe there's a chance that this physical lockdown will lift a little, and with it the mental lockdown that I've… Continue reading Week 21.2020
This week's health report: I've had ongoing pains in my arms during the night. It feels like pins and needles but it's also hot and painful, enough to wake me up and stop me getting back to sleep. It seems to be getting worse and is happening during the day now. I'm at the point… Continue reading Week 20.2020
Open HeartI'm on a yoga mat in my living room looking out through the windows to the street outside.The tinny voice of a yoga instructor comes out of my laptop as I try and copy his movements. He is younger than me but has been doing yoga a lot longer. He is very flexible and… Continue reading Open heart, open space
Yes it's that time of year when people make resolutions that they don't keep. I'm going to break it down smaller, and try and set myself things to think about and do each month. Having had another spell of ill heath at the end of 2019, I'm starting 2020 with a commitment to building up… Continue reading The first week of 2020
The day after our Heathrow walk dawned fine, and our legs were not particularly sore or achy. We had discussed it the day before but all the signs combined correctly to confirm it. "Let's do this," we agreed. "Let's walk the last stretch today and finish this thing." And so it was, around 9 a.m.… Continue reading Walk the Lines (5 or 28 or The Final)
The last of our long walks and it's a strange one: we are walking out to Heathrow airport.Yes you read that right. Walking. To. An. Airport. However before we see the hallowed halls of Heathrow terminal 4, we have to start somewhere more familiar, like Acton Town. But this time we are not partaking of… Continue reading Walk the Lines (4 or 27)
